JourneyWeb
Encyclopedia
JourneyWeb is an XML
protocol to allow distributed journey planning engines to communicate in order to provide multimodal journeys spanning different regions.
The protocol is a UK national de facto standard sponsored by the UK Department for Transport
. It is used in the Transport Direct Portal
.
JourneyWeb makes use of uniform UK Stop Data from NaPTAN
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
protocol to allow distributed journey planning engines to communicate in order to provide multimodal journeys spanning different regions.
The protocol is a UK national de facto standard sponsored by the UK Department for Transport
Department for Transport
In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which are not devolved...
. It is used in the Transport Direct Portal
Transport Direct Portal
The Transport Direct Portal is a distributed Internet-based multi-modal journey planner providing information for travel in England, Wales and Scotland. It is managed by Transport Direct, a division of the Department for Transport...
.
JourneyWeb makes use of uniform UK Stop Data from NaPTAN
NaPTAN
The National Public Transport Access Node database is a UK nationwide system for uniquely identifying all the points of access to public transport in the UK...